rainnskittles
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What I collect: Canada Small Queens
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Post by rainnskittles on May 28, 2021 16:46:22 GMT
Does anyone know the earliest recorded date of use for Canada #37e? The experts, Hillson, Boggs, Shoemaker, et al, have it as 9-1873 but haven't established what day in September. I have a 9-22-1873 on cover but have talked with others who say they have earlier. Have you had success using a color picker app in sorting the early printing shades? What app are you using. For the three cent, #37, does anyone have a scan of the shades: Pale Dull Rose of late 1870, Blood Red printing of 1871 or a TSP also from late 1871? I'm a SQ student of 40 years. No one is really an expert with this puzzle but a few folks know an awful lot about them. If you have a question, I'll try my best to answer it. If I don't have an answer I'm sure that I can find someone that does. Let's talk Small Queens. The Indian/Copper is dated 1870 as is the Blood Red 1871. The TSP is similar in shade to the Blood Red. Apologies for the ratty condition of the blood red but they're hard to find in any condition.
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WERT
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What I collect: Canada and Provinces
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Post by WERT on May 28, 2021 20:06:49 GMT
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WERT
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What I collect: Canada and Provinces
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Post by WERT on May 28, 2021 23:30:30 GMT
rainnskittles I don't usually send this out, but here is my copy of Small Queen stamp perforations that are not in catalogues. Enjoy...Robert
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rainnskittles
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What I collect: Canada Small Queens
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Post by rainnskittles on May 29, 2021 11:49:43 GMT
rainnskittles I don't usually send this out, but here is my copy of Small Queen stamp perforations that are not in catalogues...
Hi Robert, I've seen many versions of this or similar studies. It would be more helpful if it was broken down into (all 4) printing locations, which includes the Gazette printings of 1888. Notice that .12 seems to be a common spacing variable. I wish I'd been able to see the perforation wheels and the machine itself so that I could clearly understand the process and how the wheels were manufactured. The bottom line here is that spacing was all over the map but knowledge of when they occurred is a valuable tool in dating various shades. BTW: Catalogues are fairly useless. Researchers like Hillson, Nixon, Boggs, Jarrett, et al are where the real meat is. Thanks for posting this.
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rainnskittles
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What I collect: Canada Small Queens
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Post by rainnskittles on May 29, 2021 11:53:49 GMT
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pattib
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What I collect: Anything France but especially semi-postal. Worldwide to 1920.
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Post by pattib on May 29, 2021 12:39:15 GMT
rainnskittles I don't want you to get discouraged. An advanced collector such as yourself should just start a thread showing off items in your collection and conjecturing about them. The advantage for you is all the stamps you post will be on display and your posts may help attract more like minded collectors to the forum. I think the New Zealand Chalons thread thestampforum.boards.net/thread/7498/new-zealand-chalons-1855-1873 is an example of this. The advantage for us less specialized collectors is what we learn from you may spark new interest in the topic.
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